Which Germanic people established a kingdom across the Iberian Peninsula from the fifth to eighth centuries?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Visigothic
- Step 1: According to the official source: The Visigothic Kingdom, Visigothic Spain or Kingdom of the Goths ( Latin : Regnum Gothorum ) was a barbarian kingdom that occupied what is now southwestern France and the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th century. ... From 407 to 409 AD, an alliance of (East) Germanic Vandals, Iranian Alans and (Elbe) Germanic Suebi crossed the frozen Rhine and swept across modern France and into the Iberian Peninsula. Answer: Visigothic. Why not the others: Lombard, Burgundian, and Ostrogothic were other Germanic peoples that founded barbarian realms in Italy and Gaul during the Migration Period.
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